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8 Days Lemosho Route Trekking

Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park

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Duration

8 Days, 7 Nights

Tour Type

Trekking

Tour Style

Private

Overview

This 8 days Kilimanjaro hike takes you through the lemosho route (trail), starting off your hike through a beautiful & remote rain forest, with good chances of seeing wildlife. This trail is nothing other than spectacular, considered the most scenic up the Kilimanjaro & with extra days for acclimatization chances of successful summit-ting are higher than ever.

Tips:

Crater camping is possible with an extra day & costs

  • scenic Kilimanjaro trail
  • crossing the barranco wall

Tour Plan

Day 1: Londorossi Gate to Forest Camp

Depart Arusha/Moshi for Londorossi Gate, which will take about 4 hours. Then we will drive to the Lemosho trailhead (another hour to reach the trailhead). Upon arrival at trailhead, we will have lunch and then commence through undisturbed forest which winds to the first campsite, Forest camp Know as (Big tree Camp).

  • Elevation (ft): 7,800ft to 9,500ft
  • Distance: 6 km
  • Hiking Time:3-4 hours
  • Habitat: Rain Forest
  • Full board at Forest camp Know as {Big tree Camp}.

Day 2: Forest Camp to Shira One Camp.

After your breakfast, we will continue on the trail leading out of the forest up into a savannah of tall grasses, heather, and volcanic rock draped with lichen beards.
As we climb up through the lush rolling hills and cross several streams, we will reach the Shira Ridge before dropping gently down to Shira 1 camp. The view of Kibo from across the plateau is amazing.
Dinner and overnight at Shira One Camp.

Day 3: Shira Camp 1 to Shira 2 to Moir Hut

Today is the gentle walk east toward Kibo’s glaciered peak, across the plateau which leads to Shira 2 camp on moorland. Stay at Shira 2 camp or continue to Moir Hut, a little-used site on the base of Lent Hills.
A variety of walks are available on Lent Hills making this an excellent acclimatization opportunity. Shira is one of the highest plateaus on earth.

  • Elevation (ft): 11,500ft to 13,800 ft.
  • Distance: 14 km.
  • Hiking Time: 5-7 hours.
  • Habitat: Moorland.
  • Full Board at Shira 2 camp.

Day 4: Moir Hut to Lava Tower to Barranco Camp Or Shira 2 Camp to Lava Tower to Barranco

Soon after our breakfast, will start a walk, our direction will change to the South East towards the Lava Tower. Our direction will change to a place called the “Shark’s Tooth.”
Shortly after the tower, we come to the second junction which brings us up to the Arrow Glacier at an altitude of 16,000ft. We now continue down to the Barranco Hut at an altitude of 13,000ft.
You will have a rest, enjoy dinner, and overnight.

  • Elevation (ft): 13,800ft to 13,000ft.
  • Distance: 7 km.
  • Hiking Time: 4-6 hours.
  • Habitat: Semi Desert.
  • Full Board at Shira 2 or Moir Hut camp.

Day 5: Barranco Camp to Karanga Camp

After your breakfast, will leave Barranco and continue on a steep ridge passing the Barranco Wall, to the Karanga Valley campsite. This is a short day and it is meant for giving your body more acclimatization time.

  • Elevation (ft): 13,000ft to 13,100ft.
  • Distance: 5km.
  • Hiking Time: 4-5 hours.
  • Habitat: Alpine Desert.
  • Full Board at Karanga Camp.

Day 6: Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp.

After breakfast, we leave Karanga and hit the junction which connects with the Mweka Trail. We continue up to the Barafu Hut. At this point, you have completed the South Circuit, which offers views of the summit from many different angles. Here we make camp, rest, enjoy dinner, and prepare for the summit day. The two peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo are to be seen from this position.

  • Elevation (ft): 13,100ft to 15,300ft
  • Distance: 4 km
  • Hiking Time: 4-5 hours
  • Habitat: Alpine Desert
  • Full Board at Barafu Hut Camp.

Day 7: Barafu Camp to Summit to Mweka Hut.

At midnight to 1200am, we continue our way to the summit between the Rebmann and Ratzel glaciers. You head in a northwesterly direction and ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim. This is the most mentally and physically challenging portion of the Kilimanjaro trekking.

At Stella Point (18,600 ft), you will stop for a short rest and will be rewarded with the most magnificent sunrise you are ever likely to see (weather permitting). From Stella Point, you may encounter snow all the way on your 1-hour ascent to the summit.
At Uhuru Peak, you have reached the highest point on Mount Kilimanjaro and the continent of Africa. Faster hikers will see the sunrise from the summit.

Celebrate, take pictures, and make memories before descent straight down to the Mweka Hut campsite, we will stop at Barafu for lunch.
You may need gaiters and trekking poles for the loose gravel going down. Mweka Camp is situated in the upper forest and mist or rain can be expected in the late afternoon.
Later in the evening, we enjoy our last dinner on the mountain and a well-earned sleep.

  • Elevation (ft): 15,300ft to 19,345ft (and down to 10,000ft).
  • Distance: 5 km ascent / 12 km descent.
  • Hiking Time: 7-8 hours ascent / 4-6 hours descent.
  • Habitat: Arctic.
  • Full Board at Mweka hut Camp.

Day 8: Mweka Camp to Moshi

After breakfast, we will continue with our descent down to the Mweka Park Gate.

Our vehicles will be waiting for you at the Mweka gate to drive you back to your hotel in Arusha or Moshi.

  • Elevation (ft): 10,000ft to 5,400ft.
  • Distance: 10 km.
  • Hiking Time: 3-4 hours.
  • Habitat: Rain Forest.
  • Half Board.
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Tour Price will not include
  • Arrival and departure transfers from, to “JRO”
  • Accommodation in the mountain and hotel 2 nights
  • Meals
  • All parks fees, mountain rescue fee, government taxes
  • Services for crew team and salary
  • Tent highest quality tent Eureka or Mountain hard ware
  • Transport to and from mountain
  • Emergency oxygen cylinder
  • Mattress
  • Items of personal nature such as passport, visa, travelers etc.
  • Tips for the crew
  • Medical equipment as hyperbaric chamber
  • Portable toilets: available for renting 110 USD/trip
  • Note Over weight, extra luggage will require an extra porter, at a rate of 11 USD per bag per day
  • Massage we may arrange for 40 USD per person
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Can be customized upon request, to meet travelers needs

Book This Tour

Our classic tariff is an ideal combination of price and quality. We have selected comfortable lodges right in savannah centers for an unforgettable experience. Each lodge offers a cozy room with breathtaking scenery and all the necessities, including Wi-Fi. Chef-inspired meals, prepared with fresh ingredients are sure to please both vegetarians and meat-lovers.

Our professional tour guides will tell you all about the wild world of Africa and lead you to some of the rarest animals on the continent

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Dates & Prices

As this suggested itinerary can be personalized to your specific requirements. Depending on your preferred dates and arrangements, final pricing will vary from low season to peak season travel.

Please call Magofu Trails Tanzania on +255 752 036 059, send us a booking inquiry to book this tour.

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